In this Season 3 finale of Love, Joy, and Languages podcast, I share and celebrate language learning wins from listeners across the globe. Real life stories from real life language learners, inspiring us to see every bit of progress along our language journeys. In this episode, you'll hear stories from four language learners who recognize a variety of wins in their language lives. The achievements they've shared with me for this episode are inspiring for language learners of all types, ages, and levels. The languages they're celebrating include German, Turkish, Spanish, and French plus my own wins in Italian and German. Some of these language lovers are still at the beginning of learning their languages, and others are futher along, but one common theme is that they see the value in celebrating the multitude of accomplishments along the way.

This episode is made for you, my listeners. Every win we have matters. No achievement is too small. Every success is significant, and every win is worth celebrating. Join me in today's season finale episode by cheering on those who shared their stories with me and for everyone else out there working on your new language. Take a moment to reflect on your own wins, and celebrate them! Feel the pride. Give yourself a round of applause. Brag about it on social media. You're doing great, and you can be proud of yourself and your achievements.

Links from this episode:
The Talking Ticket blog by listener Lucy, also found @talkingticket on X
Langatu, listener Kuba's blog
Speak in Spades, listener Tiara's website
Melissa can be found on Instagram at @melsouz_a

Love, Joy, and Languages episode with Tiara as a guest: http://www.lovejoyandlanguagespodcast.com/episode-56
Info on the The New Year, New Language Summit is linked here (free tickets available!).

Where to find me:
Love, Joy, and Languages Blog
All podcast episodes can be found here: http://www.lovejoyandlanguagespodcast.com/.
Instagram: @love.joyandlanguages
X (Twitter): @LoveJoy_Lang

More language learning podcasts for you to check out:
The Language Confidence Project, by Emily Richardson
Speaking Tongues Podcast, by Elle Charisse
How to Learn a Language, by Lindsay Williams
Talking to Grandma, by Veronica Benavides
Shhh, I'm Learning! by Martha Summerlin
The Fluent Show, by Kerstin Cable
The Language Learning Show, by Azren
Insecurities About Languages, by Alexandria Robinson
A Language I Love Is..., by Danny Bate
Actual Fluency, by Kris Broholm

My favorite Italian podcasts:
Italianglot, by Carmine Albanese
Stivale Italiano, by Alessandro and Carolina
Simple Italian Podcast, by Simone Pols
Vaporetto Italiano Podcast, by Francesco Cositore
The Teacher Stefano Show, by Stefano
Psicologia per eroi, by Dott. Luca Proietti
Curiosità della Storia, by Storica National Geographic
Italiano in Podcast, by Paolo of I Speak Italiano

My favorite German podcasts:
Natural.Fluent.German & Deutsches Geplapper, by Flemming Boldbecher
Deutsch Podcast, by Virpi Hach & Sandra Durán Muñoz
Feminismus mit Vorsatz, by Laura Vorsatz
Eine Stunde History, by Deutschlandfunk Nova

Other language learning podcasts I've been on:
Shhh, I'm Learning! with Martha Summerlin
How to Learn A Language with Lindsay Williams
Actual Fluency Podcast with Kris Broholm
The Italian Escape Podcast with Angelique Lusuan & Gabriele Minucci
The Future is Bilingual with Heather

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